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I decided I no longer wanted my langblr to be a side blog and changed the url of my main blog so that I no longer flip through both blogs. My url is stil @kindofapolyglot, so please go follow me there - all my language posts will be there and I will be using that one from now on. THANK YOU <333

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When a langblr doesn’t have their native or target languages written anywhere on their blog

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Europe hygiene map.

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Language moodboard: Bulgarian

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love vocab in maltese

vocab:

bewsa – kiss ċurkett – ring għarusa – girlfriend għarus – boyfriend ħabiba – friend (f) ħabib – friend (m) ħbiberija – friendship ħbieb – friends imħabba – love koppja – couple mara – woman, wife partner – partner qalb – heart relazzjoni – relationship raġel – man, husband sess – sex tieġ – wedding żwieġ – marriage

phrases:

inħobbok – I love you inħobbok ħafna – I love you a lot kemm inħobbok! – I love you so much! tħobbni – you love me busni – kiss me tini bewsa – give me a kiss nista’ nbusek? – can I kiss you? qiegħed/qiegħda naħseb fuqek – I’m thinking about you (aħna) qiegħdin flimkien – we are together qiegħed/qiegħda f'relazzjoni – I’m in a relationship kemm int ħelu/ħelwa – you’re so cute

[if you’re male you say qiegħed, if you’re female you say qiegħda]

terms of endearment:

anġlu (tiegħi) – (my) angel (m) ħanini – my sweetie sabiħ – beautiful (m) sabiħa – beautiful (f) qalbi – my heart qalb ta’ qalbi – heart of my heart

[a lot of people use terms of endearment in english along with these, it’s very normal to do so]

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💔? 💗?

💔: Have you ever fallen out of love with a language?

yeah it has happened a couple of times when i wanted to start a language and after a few days/weeks i change my mind! it’s happened with Finnish, German, Greek and a few others 😳

💗: Have you ever started loving a language you didn’t like at first?

hasn’t happened yet!

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❤️

❤️: What language(s) does your crush/partner speak?I haven’t been romantically interested in anyone for a loong time. :/

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Valentine's Day language asks!

💘: What language do you love the most?

💗: Have you ever started loving a language you didn't like at first?

💔: Have you ever fallen out of love with a language?

💓: What language sounds the most romantic or sexy in your opinion?

💕: In what language do you like the word "love" the best?

💖: How do you say "I love you" in your native and target language(s)?

💝: How do you say "Happy Valentine's day" in your native and target language(s)?

❤️: What language(s) does your crush/partner speak?

💞: Are you dating or have you ever dated someone who speaks your target language as their native language? If not, would you like to?

❣️: Would you ever date a monolingual person?

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PERIOD aka MENSTRUATION VOCAB in French

Avoir ses règles - to have your period - e.g. ja’i ma règle (I have my period)

Avoir ses ragnagnas - Aunt Flo is visiting/have the painters in

Les Anglais ont débarqués - to have your period

Le coquelicot/les coquelicots - time of the month/period (literally means poppy)

La menstruation - menstruation

Le syndrome prémenstruel - PMS

-Let me know if you have any additions or corrections to make :)

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Valentine’s day more like learn-a-shit-ton-of-love-related-vocabulary-in-your-target-languages-and-languages-you’re-not-even-studying day. 

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egg art: an œufre

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Following language blogs with a different target language to you … Bam ! Guess who’s learning that language now !! You are !!!

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I CANT DECIDE IF I LIKE IT

am i the only one who doesn’t like italy’s song :/

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Belarus 2016: ivan

Belarus 2017: navi

Italy 2016: francesca

Italy 2017: francesco

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Russian Masterpost for Listening, Speaking, Reading, & Writing

hey y’all I’ve put together a masterpost for those of us experiencing the joy that is studying the Russian language (lol) which focuses on your 4 main foreign language food groups: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Enjoyyy

Listening

Vlogs/YouTubers/Podcasts/Radio

Russian Language Youtubers Masterpost by @wonderful-language-sounds

Russian Media Materpost by @gaystudies

Russian Radio Stations: (1)(2)(3)(4) 

NCLRC’s Russian Webcasts - A survey of authentic Russian news delivered twice monthly in simplified standard Russian. Accompanied by scripts, vocabulary support, and post-listening activities. 

Очень по-русски - Russian language podcasts with transcripts for intermediate and advanced learners. Covers slang, idioms and common expressions.

Tumblr user @ruspeach uploads short Russian posts with vocabulary and links to audio. They also have a website.

Lessons/Lectures/Literature

Internet Urok - Like a Russian version of KhanAcademy, with both video and written lessons on a variety of subjects.

Alphabetical List of Russian Poetry - Some with audio.

Films

Russian Films Masterpost by @imlearningrussian

Russian Films Masterpost by @wonderful-language-sounds

Russian Movies Masterpost by @languages4life

Russian Titles of Tarantino Movies by @properrussian

Russian Media Materpost by @gaystudies

Mosfilm - Russian film youtube channel

Soyuzmultfilm - Russian cartoon youtube channel

Tumblr user @chaliapin is into Soviet-era films/tv so you could always message him for recommendations ;)

Music

Russian Pop Music by @study-but-first-tea

Russian Rock Music by @study-but-first-tea

Russian Rap Music by @study-but-first-tea

Russian Hip Hop Music by @study-but-first-tea

Russian Indie by @learn-russian-language

Russian Band Recommendations by @uminoko

Russian Music Suggestions by @russiangrammar

Russian Music Masterpost by @thy-lexicon

Russian Media Materpost by @gaystudies

ELLO - Russian music youtube channel.

Radiooooo - Stream music from any country/decade.

Tumblr user @chaliapin is also into Soviet-era music so you could always message him for recommendations ;) 

Speaking

Tips on Pronunciation by @pycckuu 

Russian Oral Practice by @wonderful-language-sounds

Russian Articulation Post by @learn-russian-language

Typical Russian Pronunciation Mistakes

Phonetics Course - A phonetics teaching tool for Russian pronunciation. 

Forvo - Database of audio recordings of native speakers pronouncing words.

HelloTalk - App where you can practice speaking and writing skills with native speakers.

Russian Gram - A stress marking tool for Russian.

Reading

Tips to Read & Listen in Russian by @wonderful-language-sounds

Children’s Short Stories (with audio) by @properrussian

Most Popular Books in Russian 

Alphabetical List of Russian Poetry - Some with audio.

Tumblr user @ruspeach uploads short Russian posts with vocabulary and links to audio. They also have a website.

Internet Urok - Like a Russian version of KhanAcademy, with both video and written lessons on a variety of subjects.

Polyglot Project - Read literature in Russian and then click on words you do not know to translate them.

Lingualy - Read articles in Russian by different topics and then translate any words you do not know. Those words are then added to your collected words and you can review them later. 

Writing

Learn the Cyrillic Alphabet by @pycckuu

Learn the Cursive Alphabet by @pycckuu

Russian Alphabet Resources by @gaystudies

Practice Typing in Russian 

Russian Online Keyboard

Russian Spellchecker

HelloTalk - App where you can practice speaking and writing skills with natives speakers.

Lang-8 - Website where you can write journal entries and get corrections from native speakers.

Shoutouts to @wonderful-language-sounds, @studyblr-by-erdaulet, @properrussian, and @learn-russian-language whose other posts/masterposts not listed above I pulled various links from. Go send them your love~~

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me speaking Russian